Monday, January 5, 2026 – The West Bank
Raids and Arrests
During the night, Israeli forces raided Jenin refugee camp and town (358th consecutive day), Tulkarm refugee camp and town (352nd consecutive day), Nur Shams refugee camp (338th consecutive day), Awarta, Halhul, Nablus, Aqabat Jaber refugee camp, Qalqilya, Aida refugee camp, Badhan, Jaba', Al Fawwar refugee camp, Aqraba, Idna, Silwad, Beit Jala, Beit Fajjar. During the day they raided Beit Furik, Bir Nabala, Al-Mughayyir, Silwad, Qusra, Fasa'il, Shuafat refugee camp, Beita, Udala, as-Samu, Aboud, Dura, Bethlehem, Beitunia, Huwara, Madama, Hebron, Al Khader, Deir Dibwan, Anata.
At least 31 were arrested, including a journalist and a 15-year-old boy. Additional 52 were detained for interrogation during the night, especially in Aida refugee camp and Awarta.
Army attacks on Palestinians
1. Aida refugee camp, north of Bethlehem - night raid, mass arrests. Raid on the center of the Popular Committee and turning it into an interrogation center, causing extensive damage to property.
2. Beit Jala, north-west of Bethlehem - raid and mass arrests.
3. Fasa'il, northern Palestinian Jordan Valley - raid with teargas and stun grenades.
4. Jaba', south of Jenin – raid, turning a house into a military post.
5. Halhul, north of Hebron - confrontations.
6. Al-Ram, north of Jerusalem - 2 persons injured by gunfire near the separation wall.
7. Shuafat refugee camp, north-east of Jerusalem - raid with teargas. Injuries, children among them.
8. Silwad, north-east of Ramallah - confrontations.
9. Deir Dibwan, east of Ramallah – raid, live fire.
10. Beit Furik, east of Nablus - confrontations.
11. Awarta, south-east of Nablus - confrontations. Mass arrests during the night.
12. Qusra, south-east of Nablus - confrontations.
13. Udala, south of Nablus - confrontations.
14. Beita, south of Nablus - confrontations.
Palestinian attacks on colonists
1. Ma'ale Amos, south-east of Bethlehem - stones thrown. Damage to a vehicle.
2. Burqa, north-west of Nablus - throwing a Molotov Cocktail at a vehicle.
Colonist attacks on Palestinians
1. Tuqu'a, south-east of Bethlehem - throwing stones, damaging a vehicle.
2. Bardala, northern Palestinian Jordan Valley - attacking a resident.
3. Khirbet Samra, northern Palestinian Jordan Valley - attempt to steal sheep.
4. Bab Al Rahma Cemetery, East Jerusalem - vandalizing tombstones.
5. Silwan, East Jerusalem - taking over a family home of 13 members in Batin al-Hawa.
6. Ras Al Ein, north of Jericho - colonists graze their flock between community homes, and empty a mobile water tank.
7. Umm Nir, Masafer Yatta - grazing flock on cultivated fields.
8. Khirbet al-Tiban, Masafer Yatta - vandalizing 150 trees.
9. Bruqin, West of Salfit - House attacked.
10. Beit Dajan, east of Nablus - Vehicle stolen.
11. Duma, south-east of Nablus - Herds grazing inside the community.
12. Beita, south of Nablus - colonist invades a house in Jabal al-Arama.
13. An-Naqura, north-west of Nablus - farmland vandalized.
Sources
Addameer, Al Jazeera, Amar Assadi Telegram, BBC, Colonization & Wall Resistance Commission, Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, DCI - Palestine, Democracy Now, Genocide in Gaza, Haaretz, HRANA - Human Rights Activists News Agency, IDF (Israel Defence Forces), International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Jordan Valley Activists, Letters of American healthcare workers who worked in Gaza, Local Call, Looking the Occupation in the Eye, Masafering (Outside the Herd), Matan Golan, Middle East Eye, Ministry of Public Health – Gaza, Ministry of Public Health - Lebanon, OCHA Lebanon, OCHA OPT, Palestine Datasets, Palestine Red Crescent Society, Palestinian Health Ministry, Quds News, Reuters, Rosa News, South Hebron Mountain Activists, Ta'ayush, Tasnim News Agency, Tech for Palestine, The Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), The Washington Post, UNICEF, Wafa News Agency, West Bank Notifications, WHO, yNet, Zirat War
